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From C 1 came C 2, the third Wisdom; the Hierarchy is the Cherubim, Orphanim, the
Wheels.

From C 2 came C 3, the third Understanding; the Hierarchy is the Thrones, Aralim, the
Mighty Ones.

From C 3 came C 4, the third Mercy; the Hierarchy is the Dominations, Chashmalim, the
Brilliant Ones.

From C 4 came C 5, the third Severity; the Hierarchy is the Powers, Seraphim, the
Flaming Serpents.

From C 5 came C 6, the third Beauty; the Hierarchy is the Virtues, Melachim, the Kings.

From C 6 came C 7, the third Victory; the Hierarchy is the Principalities, Elohim, the
Gods.

From C 7 came C 8, the third Glory; the Hierarchy is the Archangels, Ben Elohim, the
Sons of God.

From C 8 came C 9, the third Foundation; the Hierarchy is the Angels, Cherubim, the
Scat of the Sons.

From C 9 came C 10, the third Kingdom; the Hierarchy is Humanity, the Ishim, the Souls
of Just Men.

From C 10 came D 1, the Fourth Crown, and the World of Assiah was established.

From the Yetziratic World the light of the ten spheres is reflected into the World of
Assiah, the lowest of the four. The ten globes of the original Atziluthic World here take
upon themselves forms of physical matter and the sidereal system is the result. The
World of Assiah, or the elemental world of substance, is the one into which humanity
descended at the time of Adam's fall. The Garden of Eden is the three upper worlds, and
for his sins man was forced into the sphere of substance and assumed coats of skin
(bodies). All of the spiritual forces of the upper worlds, A, B, C, when they strike against
the elements of the lower world, D, are distorted and perverted, resulting in the creation
of hierarchies of demons to correspond with the good spirits in each of the higher worlds.
In all the ancient Mysteries, matter was regarded as the source of all evil and spirit the
source of all good, for matter inhibits and limits, often so clogging the inner perceptions
that man is unable to recognize his own divine potentialities. Since matter thus prevents
humanity from claiming its birthright, it is called the Adversary, the power of evil. The
fourth world, D, is the world of solar systems,